Ahead of World Refugee Day, National Red Cross Societies in the EU and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are calling on Member States to step up their resettlement programmes. Read our statement.

At this year's European Development Days, the flagship event on Development Cooperation organised by the European Commission, we held labs on migration and development, and scaling up community resilience, as well as showcasing the Disaster Resilience Journal on our stand. Learn more.

We will never reach zero cases of Ebola unless we fight complacency, stigma and fear. European Red Cross National Societies join thousands of other people around the world by sharing their #WordsAgainstEbola. Learn more.

African and European National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies collaborate on how to meet the challenges of increasing migrations
23-06-2015 PRESS RELEASE
Dakar/Geneva, 23 June 2015 – In light of an increasing number of people risking their lives to reach Europe, National Red Cross Red Crescent Societies from Africa and Europe are meeting in Dakar this week to collaborate on ways of increasing dialogue wit...

Resettlement in the EU: a fresh start for vulnerable refugees
19-06-2015 STATEMENT
Brussels, 19 June 2015 - Go back to school, find a job, go to the doctor’s, make new friends, build a better life with dignity. This is what resettlement can offer refugees that face acute ...

Strengthening Solidarity between Generations
29-05-2015 ARTICLE
Today is the European Day of Solidarity between Generations which aims to promote a positive and self-empowered image of elderly people. Older people are as wide and varied a group as those in any age range, and have a high potential to make a valuable contribution to society which should be appreciated and acknowledged.
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Nepal: Red Cross rushes help to quake affected population as needs escalate
27-04-2015 PRESS RELEASE
Delhi/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 27 April 2015 – The Nepal Red Cross Society emergency teams are battling to bring help to survivors of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the Kathmandu Valley and its neighbouring countries.
The disaster has claimed thousands of lives including a number of sta...

Migration in the Mediterranean Sea: The Italian Red Cross Response
17-04-2014 ARTICLE
The Italian Red Cross continues to work tirelessly in the main ports of Sicily, Calabria and Puglia to meet the humanitarian needs of thousands of migrants rescued at sea by the Coast Guards in the Strait of Sicily and off the coast of Libya. Since last Friday, almost 10,000 people have been rescued at sea. Between Tuesday...

31-03-2015 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Social Service Providers and MEPs: "Let’s cooperate on an Action Plan for Job Creation”
Social service providers and policy makers convened at the European Economic and Soc...

26-03-2015 News
Andreea Anca/IFRC Europe Zone
European Red Cross Societies answer call for support in plane crash crisis
More than 50 French Red Cross volunteers were mobilised to partake in the emergency operation established following the recent plane crash, in the area of Digne-les-Bains, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southern France.
French Red Cross also requested the support of its Germa...

04-03-2015 News
Ebola High-level Conference: IFRC Secretary General Urges the International Community to Remain Vigilant
On 3 March 2015, high-level representatives of the countries affected by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and their international partners in the fight against Ebola held a conference in Brussels to take stock of the situation and identify ways forwar...

03-03-2015 PRESS RELEASE
IFRC Secretary General: Let’s walk the extra mile to zero cases of Ebola while preparing for recovery
Brussels/Geneva, 3 March 2015 – Speaking at a high level conference on
Ebola in Brussels, the Secretary General of the International Federation
of Red Cross and Red Crescent ...